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"etymology_text": "Determinativkompositum (Zusammensetzung) aus dem Adjektiv back und dem Substantiv bone",
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"text": "\"INVERTEBRATA, or INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS.—Those animals which do not possess a backbone or spinal column.\"",
"translation": "Invertebrata, oder wirbellose Tiere: Solche Tiere, die ein Rückgrat oder eine Wirbelsäule nicht besitzen."
}
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"ref": "Charles M. Horton: Opportunities in Engineering. In: Project Gutenberg eBook. (URL) .",
"text": "\"Industry--and the engineer is the backbone of industry--is a hotbed of competition.\"",
"translation": "Industrie - und der Ingenieur ist das Rückgrat der Industrie - ist eine Brutstätte des Wettbewerbs."
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"ref": "Jodi Wilgoren, Rachel L. Swarns: THE 2004 CAMPAIGN: THE FORMER GOVERNOR; 2000 Tape Shows Dean Maligning Iowa Caucuses. In: The New York Times Online. 9. Januar 2004, ISSN 0362-4331 (URL, abgerufen am 2. Februar 2014) .",
"text": "\"It's the only way that candidates with no money but with strong backing, who are willing to put backbone and spine back in the Democratic Party, have any chance at all.\"",
"translation": "Es ist der einzige Weg, dass die Kandidaten ohne Geld, aber mit starken Rückhalt, die bereit sind, Entschlossenheit und festen Charakter in die Demokratische Partei zurückzubringen, überhaupt eine Chance haben."
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"lang": "Deutsch",
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"sense": "Anatomie: Rückgrat",
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"text": "\"It's the only way that candidates with no money but with strong backing, who are willing to put backbone and spine back in the Democratic Party, have any chance at all.\"",
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